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From: RCIVDAB%HDETUD1.TUDELFT.NL@uga.cc.uga.edu ( Dim Biesheuvel)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: 8K-problem with VS Pascal
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Date: 8 May 91 14:39:22 GMT
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A user is converting a large (90K) Pascal program, which takes too much
time with Turbo Pascal on his pc, to VS Pascal on the IBM mainframe.
After several other problems he now runs into error message
    AMPT902S Routine exceeds 8K limit
The manual suggests breaking up the routine in smaller ones, but,
while this is done to a great extent, the error persists.
The question is: what is costing so much coding space, so that 2 base
registers are not sufficient? Are array-sizes and the numbers of arrays
in a routine of influence on this part?
Any suggestions on how to avoid this problem? We would be grateful.

Dim Biesheuvel
Rekencentrum
Technische Universiteit Delft